Quoting witnesses, Ukhiya police station Officer-in-Charge Gias Uddin Miah said: “A Cox’s Bazar-bound public jeep, locally known as Chander Gari, collided head-on with another jeep coming from the opposite direction near Ukhiya Degree College around 8am, leaving five people dead on the spot and injuring 16 others.”

Later, one person succumbed to his injuries at the hospital, police said.

Earlier, the OC said three of the injured had died in hospital, but later Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital and Ukhiya police station sources confirmed that only one person died at the hospital.